Bay Line Railroad
A Bay Line Railroad box car rolls through Fredericksburg, Virginia, on a CSX freight. | |
| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Panama City, Florida |
| Reporting mark | BAYL |
| Locale | Florida Panhandle and southeastern Alabama |
| Dates of operation | 1994–present |
| Predecessor | Atlanta and St. Andrews Bay Railroad |
| Technical | |
| Track gauge | 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) |
| Length | 182 miles (293 km) |
| Other | |
| Website | Official website |
The Bay Line Railroad (reporting mark BAYL) is one of several short line railroad companies owned by Genesee & Wyoming Inc. It operates between Panama City, Florida, and Dothan, Alabama, including a branch from Grimes to Abbeville, Alabama, reached via trackage rights on CSX's Dothan Subdivision between Dothan and Grimes. The line interchanges with the Florida Gulf and Atlantic Railroad (ex-CSX, exx-Louisville & Nashville Railroad) at Cottondale, Florida and Dothan, Alabama, and with the Hilton & Albany Railroad at Hilton, Georgia.
A wide variety of commodities is carried, including aggregates, brick, cement, chemicals, coal, food and feed products, forest products, metallic ores and minerals, steel, and scrap.